Woman who shot her father-in-law...then, dug her own graveLudhiana, January 8The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Justice S.M.S. Mahal, has given a woman named Baldev Kaur (39) rigorous life imprisonment for killing her father-in-law, Naib Singh, an former sarpanch of Barundi village.

Curtained vision curtails lifeLudhiana, January 8Tragedy struck a family at Country Home Colony here
today, whose only bread-earner died due to drowning after his car, which
he was driving, fell into the Sidhwan Canal late last night.

This car fell in Sidhwan Canal, Ludhiana, late on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph.

Ludhiana, January 8To protest against the privatisation move of the Union Government, various employees’ unions sat on dharna in various parts of the city and blocked traffic for more than two hours, causing inconvenience to hundreds of commuters .
Members of employees’ unions block traffic on the Ferozepore Road in front of Gate 1 of Punjab Agricultural University, in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Photo Pradeep Tewari

‘Counselling can help you quit smoking’Ludhiana, January 8The Anti-Smoking Clinic and Counselling Centre, established by Hero DMC Heart Institute a few months ago, has received a good response from public. The project is being run free of cost.

SYL ISSUE‘Farmers
certain to face drought like conditions in 10 years’ Ludhiana, January 7“The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has been cleverly entrapped by the pro- Haryana lobby to toe the ‘sharing of waters line’ which also manipulated him to write to the Prime Minister, indirectly endorsing the much condemned Rajiv-Longowal accord by tagging the Chandigarh issue with water, thus, sabotaging the strong case of Punjab’s riparian rights over its rivers, “opines Mr D.S. Gill, chairperson of the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), which has been authorised by the opposition parties to pursue the case before the Supreme Court.

Birds of a weather flock
together. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Tap water in city localities
safe: MCLudhiana, January 7In the wake of outbreak of jaundice in the Urban Estate (Phase 1), Dugri locality, here and seven confirmed cases being reported during past couple of days, the Municipal Corporation authorities vehemently denied contamination of water in the affected area, while claiming that water samples, collected from five different places in the colony, were found absolutely safe and fit for consumption.

Menace
on the roadLudhiana, January 8Even as the district administration is busy observing Traffic Safety Week, it has failed to concentrate on the menace of stray animals that pose a threat to the road users in all parts of the city.

Dawer assures help to shopkeepersLudhiana, January 8The Ludhiana East MLA, Mr Surinder Dawer, today assured the shopkeepers of the Lakhsmi Market that he would not let any one to displace them. He said he would take up the issue with the Chief Minister and had already brought it into the notice of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Mr H.S. Hanspal.

READERS WRITE
Subway a must for The MallIn Ludhiana an upbeat market with big convenience stores have come up over the years on both sides of The Mall Road. People in large numbers visit these shopping complexes for their daily needs.

Man succumbs to burnsLudhiana, January 8Deepak Kumar (24), a resident of Durga Puri, who had been admitted to the DMCH after he sustained burn injuries on December, 6, succumbed to his injuries late on Monday night.

Court employee held for graftLudhiana, January 8The local Vigilance Bureau
today nabbed a copy examiner in the District Courts complex when he
was accepting a bribe of Rs 200.
Jora Singh was caught red-handed
when he was accepting the currency notes marked by the Vigilance
Bureau. His office premises were raided by DSP (Vigilance) Daljinder
Singh Dhillon after obtaining a permission from the District Sessions
Judge.

‘Abolish anti-dumping duty on HR coils’Ludhiana, January 8The Chamber of Industrial and Commercial undertakings (CICU) has demanded abolition of the anti-dumping duty on the import of HR coils and CR coils. The chamber has been maintaining that the influential steel caucus of five top industrial houses was instrumental in getting the anti-dumping duty imposed on the import of steel that ultimately created their monopoly.

Radiation safety courseLudhiana, January 8The MD Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana will be organising a week-long radiation safety course in collaboration with SERB/BARC from January 20-27,2003.

Mozambique minister visits PAULudhiana, January 8Dr Leonardo Santos Simao, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mozambique, visited Punjab Agricultural University and held discussions with Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor of the varsity, here this afternoon. He was accompanied by Mr Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique in India.

Decorated
towns watch nagar kirtanDoraha, January 8A ‘nagar kirtan’ was organised here today by Dashmesh
Jatha of Doraha on the eve of the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh. The
procession was led by Panj Pyare and followed by horses, elephants,
camels and students of the Arya Nagar Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary
School and Dashmesh School.

Mid-day meals raise
school attendanceLudhiana, January 8The mid-day meal scheme in government primary schools in the district has increased attendance in schools by 30 per cent.. The scheme of providing mid-day meals started on October 8 last year. The scheme has motivated parents to send their wards to the school more regularly.

Bhatejas get anticipatory bailLudhiana, January 8A local court has granted anticipatory bail to Pardeep Bhateja and his wife Asha Bhateja, managing director and director of M/s Bhateja Spinner Pvt Ltd, accused of committing a fraud on the
government. The court has also granted anticipatory bail to Beant Singh, Karamjit Singh, Balwinder Singh and Kuldeep Singh in the same case.

Chill causing skin ailmentsLudhiana, January 8The biting chill in recent days has brought with it many skin infections. Dermatologists are finding it difficult to treat the increasing number of patients, pouring in at hospital OPDs and clinics these days. Dryness on hands and feet, dandruff, and chill blain are the common ailments.

Rural Sports festivalLudhiana, January 7The 31st Rural Sports Festival, to be organised by the Panchayati
Raj Sports Club, will be held at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium at Sahnewal from February 2 to 4.
This was informed by Mr Jagdeep Singh Honey and Mr Harpreet Singh Harry, president and chairman of the organising club, respectively. The main attraction of this festival will be athletics, hockey,
kabaddi, volleyball and badminton besides bullock cart races and dog races.

Vigilance team
visits siteKhanna, January 8Two officials of the vigilance wing of the Local Self-Government Department visited a site where development work was being carried out by a contractor of the Municipal Council of Khanna, on a complaint lodged by local councillor Vijay Sharma on Tuesday evening. The two officials, Mr Rajinder Rai and Mr Mukesh Garg, reached the office of the Municipal Council and checked the attendance register of the council.